"PDP-BJP on same pitch in dealing with separatism,terrorism"

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 19 (PTI) The ruling PDP-BJP in Jammu and Kashmir are on the same pitch in dealing with separatism and terrorism, for which they have zero tolerance, deputy Chief Minister of the state Nirmal Kumar Singh said here today. "We have given a free hand to police and army to deal with terrorism and in the Pakistan border. BJP-PDP, the state and the Centre are on the same pitch in dealing with separatism and terrorism. The governments policy is zero tolerance towards terrorism," he said at function here. Earlier that was not the attitude, he said, but did not elaborate. On the recent attack on Sunjuwan military station, he said it was the result of Pakistans desperation that they sent terrorists carry it out. The governments zero tolerance policy towards terrorism had seen 250 terrorists being killed and NIA raids on homes of separatists "who used to feed terrorists and also stone pelters in Jammu and Kashmir," he said. A large number of people have been arrested by the National Investigation Agency, he said. Referring to the new situation evolving in the state in the last three years after PDP-BJP came to power, he recalled that there was a time no Income Tax officer could go downtown to collect tax. "That has changed now," he said. After the PDP-BJP alliance came to power,the situation in the Kashmir valley has changed to a great extent, he claimed. "People who were talking with guns have now started coming forward for peace talks and it is a good sign. The state is on the path towards peace," he said. Claiming that incidents of stone pelting had also come down and that only two incidents had taken place after the NIA raids and demonetisation, he said money flow from Pakistan to J&K has largely stopped now. "Pakistan has been checked on the border, terrorists have been checked on the border, whosoever had been helping them have been chased and they are on the run, he said. People in the Kashmir Valley themselves were daring the terrorists now, he said. Several people are approaching Dineshwar Sharma, the interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir appointed by the Centre, Singh claimed. It was one of the major achievements of the BJP-PDP government in Jammu and Kashmir, he added. The BJP leader from Jammu region also referred to the recent remark of PDP leader and Chief Minister Mehabooba Mufti Syeed that the time is not right for revoking the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. PTI JRK APR APR

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